This is a listing of some resources for History, with an emphasis on the Regional Option of the Americas, but also includes Europe and the Middle East. Please add any resources you think would be helpful to others.
Americas
United States
American History: A Survey, Alan Brinkley, McGraw Hill The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Kennedy et al, Houghton Mifflin The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, Boyer et al, Houghton Mifflin History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History, Lindaman & Ward, The New Press The American Civil War and its Origins 1848-65, Farmer, Hodder-Murray (Assess to History series) Apostles of Disunion:Southern Seccession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War, Dew, University of Virginia Press Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, Ferguson, Penguin Books
Canada
A History of the Canadian Peoples, Bumsted, Oxford University Press Defining Canada: History, Identity and Culture, Brune, McGraw Hill Ryerson Canada: A National History, Conrad & Finkel, Pearson Education The Illustrated History of Canada, Brown, et al, Key Porter Books Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values, Adams, Penguin Canada
Latin America
Modern Latin America, Skidmore & Smith, Oxford University Press A History of Latin America, Keen & Haynes, Houghton Mifflin A History of Modern Latin America, Clayton & Conniff, Wadsworth Publishing Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History, Burns & Charlip, Prentice Hall Born in Fire and Blood: A Concise History of Latin America, Chasteen, W.W. Norton The Book of Embraces, Galeano, W.W. Norton After Fidel; The Inside Story of Castro’s Regime and Cuba’s Next Leader, Latell, Palgrave Macmillan The Cambridge History of Latin America, Bethell, Cambridge University Press
Europe and the Middle East (19th Century mostly)
20th Century World (Many of these would work for Europe/ME)
A History of the World in the Twentieth Century, Grenville, Harvard University Press Europe: 1890-1990, Traynor, Nelson Thornes Years of Change: European History 1890-1990, Wolfson & Laver, Hodder Education Mastering Modern World History, Lowe, Palgrave A History of the Modern World, since 1815. Palmer, Colton and Kramer. McGraw Hill Origins of the First World War, Henig, Routledge (Lancaster Pamphlets) Germany: The Third Reich 1933-45, Layton, Hodder & Stoughton (Access to History series) Europe and the Cold War, 1945-91, Williamson, Hodder & Stoughton (Access to History series) The Origins of the Second World War, Overy, Longman (Seminar Studies in History) Russia, America and the Cold War, McCauley, Longman (Seminar Studies in History) Europe 1914-1945, Catterall & Vinen ed., Heinemann (History Briefings) Stalinist Russia, Phillips, Heinemann (Advanced History series) The Cold War, Sewell, Cambridge University Press (Perspectives in History series) Exam Essays in 20th Century World History, Catterall ed., Heinemann Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States. Parsi, Trita. Origins and Development of Authoriatian and Single-Party States Gauci, Joe. OSC IB Revision guides Rise to Globalism Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley - excellent of Am. foreign policy post WW2
Keylor, William R. The Legacy of the Great War. Problems in European Civilization. Heath and Company. 1998.
Gauci, Joe. IB History: Peacemaking, Peacekeeping OSC IB revision Guides
PS 2, Arab-Israeli Conflict 1945-1979
Schulze, Kirsten E. The Arab-Israeli Conflict. Seminar Studies in History. Longman Press. 1999.
Ross, Stewart. the israeli-palestinian conflict. Teach Yourself Series. McGraw Hill. 2007
PS 3, Communism in Crisis 1976-1989
Daniels, Robert V. Soviet Communism from Reform to Collapse. Problems in European Civilization. Heath and Company. 1995
Olofsson, Sam. IB History: The Cold War OSC IB Revision Guides
Americas
United States
American History: A Survey, Alan Brinkley, McGraw HillThe American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Kennedy et al, Houghton Mifflin
The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, Boyer et al, Houghton Mifflin
History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History, Lindaman & Ward, The New Press
The American Civil War and its Origins 1848-65, Farmer, Hodder-Murray (Assess to History series)
Apostles of Disunion:Southern Seccession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War, Dew, University of Virginia Press
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, Ferguson, Penguin Books
Canada
A History of the Canadian Peoples, Bumsted, Oxford University PressDefining Canada: History, Identity and Culture, Brune, McGraw Hill Ryerson
Canada: A National History, Conrad & Finkel, Pearson Education
The Illustrated History of Canada, Brown, et al, Key Porter Books
Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values, Adams, Penguin Canada
Latin America
Modern Latin America, Skidmore & Smith, Oxford University PressA History of Latin America, Keen & Haynes, Houghton Mifflin
A History of Modern Latin America, Clayton & Conniff, Wadsworth Publishing
Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History, Burns & Charlip, Prentice Hall
Born in Fire and Blood: A Concise History of Latin America, Chasteen, W.W. Norton
The Book of Embraces, Galeano, W.W. Norton
After Fidel; The Inside Story of Castro’s Regime and Cuba’s Next Leader, Latell, Palgrave Macmillan
The Cambridge History of Latin America, Bethell, Cambridge University Press
Europe and the Middle East (19th Century mostly)
20th Century World (Many of these would work for Europe/ME)
A History of the World in the Twentieth Century, Grenville, Harvard University PressEurope: 1890-1990, Traynor, Nelson Thornes
Years of Change: European History 1890-1990, Wolfson & Laver, Hodder Education
Mastering Modern World History, Lowe, Palgrave
A History of the Modern World, since 1815. Palmer, Colton and Kramer. McGraw Hill
Origins of the First World War, Henig, Routledge (Lancaster Pamphlets)
Germany: The Third Reich 1933-45, Layton, Hodder & Stoughton (Access to History series)
Europe and the Cold War, 1945-91, Williamson, Hodder & Stoughton (Access to History series)
The Origins of the Second World War, Overy, Longman (Seminar Studies in History)
Russia, America and the Cold War, McCauley, Longman (Seminar Studies in History)
Europe 1914-1945, Catterall & Vinen ed., Heinemann (History Briefings)
Stalinist Russia, Phillips, Heinemann (Advanced History series)
The Cold War, Sewell, Cambridge University Press (Perspectives in History series)
Exam Essays in 20th Century World History, Catterall ed., Heinemann
Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States. Parsi, Trita.
Origins and Development of Authoriatian and Single-Party States Gauci, Joe. OSC IB Revision guides
Rise to Globalism Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley - excellent of Am. foreign policy post WW2
PS 1, Peacemaking, Peacekeeping-international relations 1918-1936
Keylor, William R. The Legacy of the Great War. Problems in European Civilization. Heath and Company. 1998.Gauci, Joe. IB History: Peacemaking, Peacekeeping OSC IB revision Guides
PS 2, Arab-Israeli Conflict 1945-1979
Schulze, Kirsten E. The Arab-Israeli Conflict. Seminar Studies in History. Longman Press. 1999.Ross, Stewart. the israeli-palestinian conflict. Teach Yourself Series. McGraw Hill. 2007
PS 3, Communism in Crisis 1976-1989
Daniels, Robert V. Soviet Communism from Reform to Collapse. Problems in European Civilization. Heath and Company. 1995Olofsson, Sam. IB History: The Cold War OSC IB Revision Guides
Internet Sites
http://www.activehistory.co.ukhttp://www.ibhistory.net
www.schoolhistory.co.uk
www.revision-notes.co.uk
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/alfalist.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html - This is a great site for primary souces.
http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/index.html
http://www.historymentor.com/
http://www.besthistorysites.net/ - Links to lots of history related websites.
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/ - Lots of primary sources and resources for teachers.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html - Excellent site about the African and slave experience in the U.S
www.worldmapper.org Incredible selection of over 700 maps where territories are re-sized according to the subject of interest.
Videos
CNN Cold War SeriesHistoriographical Skills
After the Fact: The Art of Historical DetectionThe Craft of Research, Third Edition by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams